Posts Tagged: landlord

I’m often asked by those new and even those (at times) who’ve been trudging along in the investing arena, how wealth is truly created with real estate. I have a basic saying -one that plays apart in my constant drive: “If you aren’t out earning it, your spending it”. The idea of working smartly… Read more »

Evictions are a part of the landlord program that often scare new real estate investors. I tend to get these last minute calls (sometimes while one is in route to their magistrate’s hearing) asking for advice when its to late. As a landlord and property manager in Charlotte, North Carolina, I have handled hundred’s of… Read more »

It was the February of 95′ and I was circling a neighborhood I had identified as an above average appreciation rate due to its gentrification. Here I was looking at a duplex listed for $68k and I had thought it was all I could afford… I had my neighbor with me and we circled the… Read more »

Originally posted by Tyler McCracken on 11/22/2009 on www.askthelandlord.com PAYING FOR A REAL ESTATE EDUCATION It was the Fall of 2007 when I knew we had reached the pinnacle of the real estate frenzy locally in Charlotte, North Carolina… I was at a local real estate meeting and the focus of the nights talk was… Read more »

Running your Real Estate Operation Like a Business: Sometimes You Have to Shrink to Grow! I asked for ideas the other day for a topic and a friend (whom I just made the time for) suggested the very title before you. Three days prior I had spent a good 1 ½ hours plus with Michael… Read more »

Originally posted by Tyler McCracken on 10/11/2009 on www.askthelandlord.com A Way To Wealth With Rentals: A Tale of Landlording That Anybody Can Replicate. I remember the day like it was yesterday -February 14, 1994. That was the first day of my career as a landlord in Charlotte, NC. Roughly a year earlier I had bought… Read more »

Originally posted by Tyler McCracken on 1/1/2009 on www.askthelandlord.com I’ll thank T.., in her New Year’s Eve post for mentioning the need to find additional funds for a new purchase in the New Year…. a need for creative funding to make it happen… its somewhat ironic that it was mentioned and i was asked to… Read more »

Originally Posted by Tyler McCracken on www.askthelandlord.com on September 20, 2009 It’s a Sunday afternoon and our Panther’s have just begun the game against the Atlanta Falcons… Their looking good on the first drive which is a pleasant surprise given all the games (including preseason) to date. Just like a game (and a team) of… Read more »